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2020: This is the year to protect plant health!

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2020-01-13

The United Nations (U.N.) had many compelling reasons to declare 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). Consider just a few of them: Healthy plants are the foundation of all life on Earth. They make the oxygen we breathe and give us 80% of the food we eat. Plants sustain our livestock and poultry. They also provide habitat for wildlife, form the base of nature’s food chains, and help biodiversity to thrive.

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https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/2020-this-is-the-year-to-protect-plant-health/80569/